Bridges Prints (400)
Japanese woodblock prints featuring bridges as architectural and compositional subjects. From the famous Nihonbashi bridge of Edo to rustic countryside crossings, bridges serve as symbols of connection and as dramatic focal points in landscape compositions.
Artists Known for Bridges

Chapter 45 - Hashi-Hime - The Bride Maiden - 橋姫
Woodblock print

Mitate No.15 - Bridge (Hashi)
1999

Sanjo Bridge — 三条大橋
Woodblock print

Benkeibashi Bridge, from the series Recollections of Tokyo
1945
Color woodblock print

Shin Bridge, Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo)
December 1953
Color woodblock print

Tagonoura Bridge (Tagonourabashi)
1930
Color woodblock print

Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"
1917
Color woodblock print
Yakase Bridge, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)
1917
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Bridge in snow
ca. 1915

Izumi Bridge in Rain (Izumibashi no ame)
c. 1932
Color woodblock print

Sakawa Bridge in Evening- V2
Woodblock print

Bridge by the Quai Poterie
1919

Brush Sketch of Bridge
Woodblock print

Niju Bridge at the Imperial Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo
1945
Color woodblock print

Grand Bridge of Matsue in Shimane
1941
Color woodblock print

Megane Bridge in Nagasaki
Woodblock print

Night at Nihonbashi Bridge (Tokyo)
1946
Color woodblock print

Saruhashi Bridge in Kai
Woodblock print

SUKIYA-BASHI (Sukiya Bridge)
Woodblock print

Sukiya Bridge, from the series Recollections of Tokyo
1930
Color woodblock print

Ujibashi Bridge to the Grand Shrine of Ise, Mie
1942
Woodblock print

Okazaki: Castle and Sugö Bridge
Woodblock print

Preparatory drawing for the left and right sheets of Picture of the Gojō Bridge from the Chronicle of Yoshitsune
c. 1881
Preparatory drawing for a print, ink on paper

The Moon over Gojo Bridge (Gojo no tsuki), from the series "Heroes for the Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Buyu setsugekka)"
1867
Color woodblock print; oban diptych

Yoshitsune and Benkei on the Gojō Bridge
March 1886
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Distant View of Ryogoku from Motoyanagi Bridge
Woodblock print

Ishirara Bridge and the Banks of the O River
Woodblock print

Ishiwara Bridge at Ōkawabata
1880
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Kaiunbashi Bridge and First National Bank — 海運橋第一国立銀行
Woodblock print

Moonlight on the Tea Houses at Imado Bridge
Woodblock print

Morning Sunrise at Yorozuyo Bridge
Woodblock print

Mt Fuji Viewed from Edobashi Bridge — 江戸橋夕暮富士
Woodblock print

Okura Bridge at Honjo
Woodblock print

Ommaya Bridge
Woodblock print

Rain at Sanmai Bridge in Hakone
c. 1881
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Senbongui and Ryōgoku Bridge
1880
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Sunrise at Yorozuyo (or Mansei) Bridge
1880
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

View of Onmaya Bridge
c. 1879
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Evening Glow at Seta Bridge (Seta no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban

Fukune Bridge
Woodblock print

Ryogoku Bridge, from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei)
Woodblock print

Nihon Bridge: Morning Scene (Nihonbashi, asa no kei), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban

No. 9: Ushiwakamaru Defeats Musashibo Benkei at Gojo Bridge (Kyukai, Gojo no hashi ni Ushiwakamaru Musashibo Benkei o fusu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune ichidaiki no uchi)"
c. 1832/34
Color woodblock print; oban

The Monkey Bridge in Winter
Mid-19th century
Woodblock print; hashira-e

Discomfiture of Benkei on Gojo Bridge by Yoshitsune, assisted by the Tengu
Woodblock print

Distant View from beneath Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi kyoka no chobo), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Seen from the Eastern Capital (Toto Fujimi sanjurokkei)"
c. 1843
Color woodblock print; oban

Enjoying the evening cool under a bridge.
Woodblock print

The Drum Bridge in Snow #11

Kozuke Sano fune-bashi no kozu / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
Woodblock print

#29. Eilaibashi
Woodblock print

#34. Kanasugibashi
Woodblock print

On the footbridge
n.d.
Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono

Settsu Temma-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
Woodblock print

Returning Sails at Kanazawa, View of Nojima from Seto Bridge (Kanazawa kihan, Setobashi yori Nojima no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban

#22. Ryokoku
Woodblock print

Yamashiro Arashiyama Togetsukyo / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
Woodblock print

Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke))
March 1932
Color woodblock print

Ashikaga Gyodosan Kumo-no-kake-hashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
Woodblock print

Mikawa no Yatsubashi no kozu / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
Woodblock print

Suo-no-kuni Kintai-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Japanese woodblock prints featuring bridges as architectural and compositional subjects. From the famous Nihonbashi bridge of Edo to rustic countryside crossings, bridges serve as symbols of connection and as dramatic focal points in landscape compositions.
Utagawa Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, and Inoue Yasuji are among the artists most associated with bridges in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 400 prints tagged with bridges, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.



